Harry Bradford
Associate Editor, HuffPost Business and HuffPost Small Business

Those years at MF Global can't even ensure you a retail job these days.

Former mid-level MF Global employee Dan Whiteford says he has yet to be offered a job after interviewing to be a cashier at Target, as well as an assembly line worker at Chrysler.

“You have to do what you have to do," Whiteford told the Wall Street Journal, who, as a mid-level employee, counts among the group of ex-workers from the now-bankrupt firm struggling to find jobs. After sending out 50 jobs applications a day, many MF Global employees have been told they’re either overqualified for the position they're seeking or not qualified enough.

The experience isn’t limited to the banking sector either. Because most of the jobs created after the recession have been low-paying ones, according to a survey last year by the National Employment Law Project, laid-off professionals in a number of traditionally high-paying sectors are facing big pay cuts.